Product Description
LCD still not thin enough for you? Then look no further than the KDL-Z4100. With a striking slim bezel design, Motionflow™ 120Hz for the reproduction of smooth, lifelike images, BRAVIA Engine 2™ and ACE for a deeper blacks and better shadow detail, now your TV design matches the picture. Ready for the latest technology to go along with the design and picture— The KDL-Z4100 also include DLNA™ compatability so you can access your digital photo collection over your home network (additional DLNA™ components required; sold separately), and Sony’s unique DMex and Digital Media Port technology.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #18400 in Consumer Electronics
- Color: Black
- Brand: Sony
- Model: KDL-40Z4100/B
- Released on: 2008-06-01
- Dimensions: 24.00″ h x 2.90″ w x 37.30″ l, 40.00 pounds
- Display size: 40
Features
- 16:9 Full HD 1080p Resolution (1920x1080p) LCD Panel
- Motionflow 120Hz; improves TV & DVD viewing
- DMeX compatible; allows seamless feature upgrades
- DLNA® Compliant – view photos from another room
- HDMI x4, HD Component x2, PC Input
Customer Reviews
Sony Z zooms past current XBR
The 10-bit Z series 40″ Sony LCDs are the absolute best. This TV sends XBR down a notch. Digital source material will jump out at you like never before. Gorgous color and contrast. The best yet.
1080i TV broadcast looks about 90% as good as Blu-ray on this panel. The delivery of non-HD DVD movies is wonderful and the picture using Blu Ray is absolutely stunning! (I rarely use the word “stunning”)
Also, it’s very future-proof with lots of (4) HDMI inputs and a LAN connection and USB. I’ve had the KDL 40Z4100 for about 2 weeks now and the ranking of picture quality goes as follows: Blu Ray (late release)movies, Digital HD television broadcast or HD digital cable, standard def (480 or 720) movies from a good quality “upscaling” player, and finally – standard def TV broadcast. The 120hz motion control and 24p pull-down work well on older standard def movies. My only advice is to not scrimp on the DVD player. You’re going to see your old flicks look better than you have seen them…ever – with a good upscalling player.
Even video sources from my computer look near HD. I’ve connected my computers 8800GT graphics card’s DVI out to the Sony’s HDMI input and the look of some of my games is just as good, if not better, than my 22” Samsung monitor.
This is Sony’s best so far, in my humble opinion. Go for it!
Fantastic LCD TV
I was looking for a 40″ LCD and narrowed it down to the Sony 40Z4100, Sony 40XBR4, and Samsung LN40A750… I’ve previously owned a 46″ Samsung LN-T4665F and a Samsung LN-T3253H so naturally I wanted to go back to Samsung. The picture on the 750 is amazing but side by side, in multiple stores, I just couldn’t take my eyes off the Sony LCDs. I then was stuck between the Sony 40XBR4 and the 40Z4100…
I had my heart set on the XBR4 since it was Sony’s top of the line product last year, but when I saw that this years 40″ XBR6 and XBR7 were going to have identical specs to the Z4100, (granted Contrast Ratio will probably be higher on the XBR’s,) it came down to the simple question of:
Do I want to spend $2500+ on the new XBR or $1700+ on the Z4100??
I have to say I’m extremely happy with my decision to save a few bucks and go with the Z-series. The picture quality is breathtaking in both HD and Blu-Ray. Standard TV is top notch as well but I’m blown away with the detail, color, and overall picture this TV offers. You really can’t lose if you’re going with any of these 3 TV’s but I’m so glad I went with the Z-series. Its thin frame is hardly seen and the TV is almost 20 lbs lighter than the XBR4… The Sony 40Z4100, is hands down, my choice for a 40″ LCD.
The best price/value ratio and the best (period) total package now available
This TV has numerous advantages over the Samsung 6xx and 7xx series which it is often compared to. First off, the Samsung’s are fantastic TVs. The characteristics of the picture (color cast, primarily- which is different among makers- cool is cooler on one, neutral may be warmer on another and warm may be too warm for some viewers, etc.) should be judged by each individual viewer. There are some people who are going to like the Samsung’s picture better than the Sony’s, and vice versa.
That being said- I return to the advantages: Deep color and x.v. Color. Despite some spec sheets which show this set doesn’t have x.v. color, it does. It has both deep & x.v. color, and one can only imagine that the reason the Sony marketing department may have chosen to leave that off spec sheets after the TV had already been designed was to better differentiate their much more costly XBR series TVs. On the other hand, the engineering and cost marketing departments had obviously found advantages in maintaining a common BOM with their latest chipsets which also support their 120 Hz Bravia Engine 2, etc. These must be common among this Z-series Bravia and the ’08 XBR offerings, in my estimation.
The most important differentiation between this Sony set and the Samsung competition may be the true 24 Hz (or 24 FPS) playback of 24 FPS blu-ray material. This makes the Sony standards-compliant on three important new standards for High-Def that the Samsung simply ignores. Add exceptional image quality and build quality (in my eyes)- and the Sony is a no-brainer for ~$200 more than the Samsung.
I have been surprised by the omission of these important facts from other reviews. I have had the TV for over a month and bought it on Amazon- and I couldn’t be happier. Of course their 48 month 0% financing deal also helped.
